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The Tennessee Valley Authority Economic Development. TVA Economic Development offers financing services to help companies locate or expand in the Tennessee Valley and assists in site selection, design and engineering.

Department of Economic & Community Development in Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development's mission is to develop strategies which help make Tennessee the No. 1 location in the Southeast for high quality jobs. The department seeks to attract new corporate investment in Tennessee and works with Tennessee companies to facilitate expansion and economic growth.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development are committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. They promote economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks , credit unions and community-managed lending pools.

Organized in 1956, West Tennessee Industrial Association (WTIA) is now one of the most established industrial development organizations in the United States. We provide information and support to prospective companies worldwide.

Whether you’re a recent college graduate looking for a job or a seasoned employee wanting a career change, or maybe an employer expanding your business or a new employer needing a space to interview prospective workers, the Department’s statewide network of Career Centers offers services that can meet your employment needs. All 95 Tennessee counties are served by a Career Center with qualified staff. Career Centers are open 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday

The Tennessee Career Centers are one-stop shops for all employment and training needs. Businesses, job seekers, and those with special needs can visit any one of the centers throughout the state and receive valuable workforce services. The Career Centers represent a partnership of federal, state, and local employment and training organizations that are tailored to reflect the specific needs in each local community.

The Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center (REED Center), housing the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC), was established to meet the needs of existing and potential business owners through one-on-one consultations and interactive training programs. It serves as a hub of information for prospective entrepreneurs and owners of existing small businesses who need individual consultant services, group training services and associated technical resources.

The Office of Business Enterprise, otherwise known and referred to as the Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO), serves as a voice for and advocate of disadvantaged businesses (DBE) statewide. For the purposes of BERO, DBE refers to businesses owned by women, minorities and veterans. It also refers to businesses operating in remote or rural areas of the state. BERO is also tasked to analyze, disseminate and promote best practices and access to capital to service providers as well as report on the status of DBEs across in the state.

Affordable Colleges Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing free higher education tools for current and future college students and their families, recently published research on all the Not-For-Profit universities and colleges in Tennesee that offer online college programs. Historically, online programs have only been offered by for-profit institutions. Today, many of the most established not-for-profit state colleges and national universities have launched programs that provide flexibility and lower tuition prices for students. This dataset is unique to our site and is even ahead of the curve compared to other government education data sources such as NCES and IPEDS. A few of the key features on the page:

Explore your distance education options, and search through our comprehensive database of accredited colleges and universities in Tennessee with online offerings. Filter your list of schools according to your preferences for school type, and further narrow your choices by sorting your resulting schools by tuition, graduation rate, and more.

Tennessee has 89 colleges and universities that offer online courses and degree programs. Tennessee online students often choose degree programs in educational leadership, nursing, teachingand dental assisting, as well as MBA programs. The professional and business services sector are adding the most jobs, with accountants, auditors, financial managers, and operations managers seeing hundreds of job openings each year in Tennessee. One of the most affordable choices for online education in the Volunteer State is Tennessee Tech University, which offers online degrees in accounting and interdisciplinary studies, plus master’s degrees in business, education, and nursing.